Windrower



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C. C. REX. WINDROWER.

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No. 554,794. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CALVIN c. REX, on TIRO, oIIIo.

WIN DROWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,794, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed February 2, 1895. Serial NO- 537,111. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CALVIN C. REX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiro, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindrowers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

YThis invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in windrowers, and especially to an endless carrier-rake for causing a side delivery of the hay, by means of the said carrier, carrying rake-teeth, being disposed diagonally across the path of the machine.

A further obj ect of the invention resides in the production of a windrower of the character hereinafter more clearly described,which consists in constructing a lon gitudinally-running conveyer carrying rake-teeth and actuated by mechanism geared to the main driving-Wheels, the said conveyer being disposed diagonally across the path of the machine and adj ustably held to yokes fastened to the main frame, whereby the said conveyer may be raised or lowered to suit and regulate itself to the lay of ground over which it travels.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists further in the novel construction, combination and adaptation of the parts, as will be hereinafter more clearly described and then specically deined in the appended claim.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure lis a top plan view of my windrower. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the conveyer-frame.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the truck which supports the conveyer, and is mounted Y on the driving-wheels B by means of the revolving shaft O.

D D are yokes which are secured at their ends to the framework by bolts d, and are reinforced by stays dC The conveyer consists of the endless linkbelt E, made of links e, each carrying a rakefork F pivoted thereon, the said belt running on the sprocket-Wheel F at each end of the frame G, which sprocket-Wheels are mounted on shafts G. The said frames G are provided with the sliding collars g, which are securely bolted to the sides of the said frame andwork up and down on the vertical portions of the said yokes.

II are bevel-geared Wheels feathered to the shaft C and are designed to mesh with the pinions H keyed at the end of the stub-shaft h, which is journaled in boxes on a diagonal beam of the main framework,to which is keyed the sprocket-wheel J. K is a sprocket-chain which connects the said sprocket-wheel to the sprocket-wheel L on the end of the shaft to which the Wheel F is keyed. l

M is a lever for throwing the bevel-gear in and out of connection with the geared Wheel I-I.

Located at a convenient distance from the seat N are the crank-leverspivoted to the main frame and carrying drums about which the chains O wind, which latter are connected toa cross-piece of the frame G after passing over pulleys O', said pulleys being located substantially over said cross-piece. By this provision the conveyer may be raised or lowered, so that the ends of the forks may be adj Listed to the lay of the ground.

It will be noted that the conveyer is secured to the yokes in a diagonal relation to the driving-axle of the machine, and the forks travel in the direction of the arrows.

The rear portion of the main framework is supported by the caster-wheel R, which is swiveled to the beam. Secured at each end of the conveyer-frame are the guard-wires T, provided to prevent the hay being carried over the end of the conveyer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The supporting truck or frame, the revolving aXle, having a driving-wheel secured to ICO each end, and provided with :t toothed driving-gear: a short eonnter-shztft mounted on the truek or frame and provided with a pinion at one end to mesh with the toothed drivinggem and :L sproekebgenr at the other, eolnbined with the sprocket-chain, the Conveyorfrzune, the endless rake placed thereon and driven by the sprocket-Chain, yokes mounted on the supporting trnek or frame, and means for raising and lowering the eonveyer-frsnne Io upon the yokes substantially es shown.

In testimony whereof I MTD; my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CALVIN C. REX. XV itnesses:

TAYLOR S. MELonIon, AMOS W. KAUFMAN. 

